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BIKE TESTS | LOOKING BACK

BIKE TESTS / Looking Back
21 November 2022

THE MAKING OF CIRCUS LIFE IN THE 1950s

Don Cox is a doyen of motorcycle journalism and has authored and co-authored many well-researched and important books. Here he tells the story of how his best one yet came about.

Looking-back
06 July 2022

WARREN WILLING'S BATHURST FLYER

No Yamaha rider lapped Bathurst quicker than Warren Willing’s 1976 best until Michael Dowson on the much modified Yamaha-Pitmans’ TZ750E in 1985.

BIKE TESTS / Looking Back
21 June 2022

VINCENT BLACK LIGHTNING

The Vincent Black Lightning was once the world’s fastest production motorcycle and it has more than one important link to Australia

BIKE TESTS / Looking Back
09 May 2022

PALMERSTON NORTH 1972: THE DAY BIKIES TOOK OVER A CITY

The roar of dozens of British motorcycles heralded an event that is still etched into the minds of police officers on duty.

BIKE TESTS / Looking Back
20 April 2022

1984 DAYTONA 200

The story of how the 1984 Daytona 200 became one of the biggest races in the careers of Freddie Spencer and Kenny Roberts

BIKE TESTS / Looking Back
25 January 2022

TOM PHILLIS - THE FIRST FAST PHILLIS

Last October marked the 60th anniversary of Tom Phillis clinching the 1961 125cc World Championship for Honda. Here is the story, largely from his pen

BIKE TESTS / Looking Back
14 December 2021

TRIUMPH'S OFF-ROAD HISTORY

Looking back at Triumph’s off-road history, the brand’s forthcoming foray into the motocross and enduro segments all of a sudden makes a lot more sense.

BIKE TESTS / Looking Back
21 September 2021

1955 WOOLER FLAT FOUR 500

The Wooler Flat Four 500 delivered a level of performance and comfort years ahead of its time, yet became just another fascinating footnote to the Motorcycle history book

BIKE TESTS / Looking Back
08 July 2021

Happy 70th Birthday AMCN!

HAPPY 70TH BIRTHDAY AMCN! THAT'S RIGHT, AMCN IS CELEBRATING ITS 70TH ANNIVERSARY WITH A BUMPER 212-PAGE COLLECTOR’S EDITION ON SALE TODAY!

BIKE TESTS / Looking Back
01 July 2021

THE FIRST YAMAHA: 1955 YAMAHA YA-1 RED DRAGONFLY

When Yamaha made its first motorcycle 66 years ago, it proved how good it was by flying up a volcano

BIKE TESTS / Looking Back
25 May 2021

AMAROO PARK | DAYS OF THUNDER

One of the world’s craziest tracks hosted Australia’s most important annual road race of the Seventies, the Castrol Six Hour.

BIKE TESTS / Looking Back
15 March 2021

THE MEN WHO MADE MOTOCROSS

Looking back, it seems rather apt that the world’s most isolated city played host to the world’s first cross-country enduro